This year the July 4th holiday falls on Sunday. Some cities will celebrate Saturday while others will hold true to the tradition and celebrate Sunday.

Most will feature with live entertainment, fun and games for all ages and various contests designed to make everyone laugh. Everyone, however, will be reminded that reason for the celebration is to celebrate the freedom shared by citizens and the independence of this nation.

The Gadsden Memorial Campus of Capital Regional Medical Center opened for business at 7 a.m. Monday. The first patient arrived for service about an hour later. Officials projected early on that the rural health care facility would see about 20 patients per day. Before noon 20 patients had already come through the door.

Midway volunteer firefighters presented their petition with more than 200 signatures to reinstate suspended firefighters to the Midway City Council Monday night. The petition also calls for the removal of City Manager Agatha Muse-Salters and Interim Fire Chief Chris Lance.

I have lived in Quincy all of my life and up until a few years ago, I have loved living here. We have some very noisy neighbors that have moved in and set up a dance hall across from Kelly’s Jr. No. 9.

Every weekend this so-called music is so loud you can’t sleep. This goes on until 2:30 and 3 a.m. I have called the police every weekend. Sometimes they might come out, but most of the time they don’t.

The music was playing and everyone was having a good time April 15 in the gymnasium Carter-Parramore Academy May 15 during the Step Up, Gadsden, Be Smart, Be Healthy! challenge. The event is part of "Step Up, Florida!" and was intended to get Floridians off the couch and into a exercise program.